A military helicopter evacuated
the crew of a Spanish cargo ship that slammed into a jetty and split in
two in choppy Atlantic Ocean waters off southwestern France on
Wednesday.
A sailor is lifted off by a military helicopter after a Spanish cargo ship that slammed into a jetty in choppy Atlantic Ocean waters off Anglet, southwestern France, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. The hold of the ship, the Luno, was empty when the accident occurred along the coast of the town of Anglet, and a small amount of fuel was spilling into the water, officials said. The ship had been heading to a nearby port to load up with cargo when its engine conked out and the rough waves carried it into the jetty
The hold of the
100-meter-long ship, the Luno, was empty when the accident occurred
along the coast of the town of Anglet, and a small amount of fuel was
spilling into the water, officials said. The ship, which typically
carries fertilizer, had been heading to a nearby port to load up with
cargo when its engine broke down and the rough waves carried it into the
jetty.
The cargo ship's stern
half drifted onto the shore, while the bow remained stuck on the rocky
jetty. Images on i-Tele cable news channel showed a man dangling from a
rescue helicopter as the ship, pinned to the rocks, was ripped asunder
by one massive wave.
A helicopter lowers a rescue worker toward a Spanish cargo ship that
slammed into a jetty in choppy Atlantic Ocean waters off Anglet,
southwestern France, Wednesday Feb. 5, 2014. The ship had been heading
to a nearby port to load up with cargo when its engine failed and the
rough waves carried it into the jetty.
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A sailor is lifted off by a military helicopter after a Spanish cargo ship that slammed into a jetty in choppy Atlantic Ocean waters off Anglet, southwestern France, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. The hold of the ship, the Luno, was empty when the accident occurred along the coast of the town of Anglet, and a small amount of fuel was spilling into the water, officials said. The ship had been heading to a nearby port to load up with cargo when its engine conked out and the rough waves carried it into the jetty
Veronique Bordenave, a
spokeswoman for the regional government, said the 12-man crew was
evacuated, and rescue vehicles were on site to provide medical care.
Anglet City Hall spox Liane Beobide said one of the crew members had
sustained a broken nose, but there were no other injuries reported.
Frederic Cuvillier, France's junior minister for transportation, seas and fishing, was heading to the site, his office said.
Southwestern Europe, including France's western coast, has been battered by high winds and waves in recent days.
People watch as waves knock against the wreck of the Spanish cargo ship
"Luno" that slammed into a jetty in choppy Atlantic Ocean waters and
broke in two, off Anglet, southwestern France, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014.
The ship had been heading to a nearby port to load up with cargo when
its engine failed and the rough waves carried it into the jetty
A police officer watches a Spanish cargo ship that slammed into a jetty
in choppy Atlantic Ocean waters and broke in two, off Anglet,
southwestern France, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. The ship had been heading
to a nearby port to load up with cargo when its engine failed and the
rough waves carried it into the jetty
An aerial view show waves which break against a Spanish cargo ship
carrying fertiliser, broken in two, off the beach in Anglet on the
Atlantic Coast of France, February 5, 2014. A Spanish cargo ship
carrying fertiliser broke in two on Wednesday after hitting a sea wall
off the southwestern coast of France in high winds and was leaking some
fuel into the water, French officials said. Two helicopters lifted a
dozen crew members to safety, said Jean Espilondo, the mayor of Anglet, a
town near the French border with Spain that is close to the scene of
the incident
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